Judd Apatow wrote this simple yet brilliant scene for his 2007 comedy Knocked Up in which Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen’s characters are slouching on a park bench watching Rudd’s young daughter gleefully chase after freshly blown bubbles , clapping them into soap. “I wish I liked anything as much as my kid liked bubbles,” Rudd says. “Their smiling faces just point out your inability to enjoy anything.” “Am I gonna be OK, man?” Rogen says, equally miserable. “Oh. Who knows?” Rudd responds. “Is anybody OK? I’m not OK. You’re asking the wrong guy.” — The older we get, the shorter our wish list does. Most grownups can afford their own cozy socks and hardcover novels and V-neck sweaters. Genuine excitement or surprise grows scarce. We’ve walked our share of parks and popped our share of bubbles. As a connoisseur of hockey, my favourite brand is best-on-best. I can tell you where I was when Gretzky set up Lemieux for the 6-5 goal in the 1987 Canada Cup. I can name all the family and f...